LOUISVILLE, Ky. (theACC.com) – Louisville is set to welcome the 2022-23 Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships, which will be held this Thursday (Feb. 23) through Saturday (Feb. 25) at Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center.
This year's event will again showcase multiple world-class athletes and nationally-ranked teams. Events begin each day at 11 a.m. and admission is free.
The Virginia Tech men enter this year’s event as two-time defending champions. Duke and Virginia Tech tied for the women’s championship at last year’s meet in Blacksburg.
This will mark the first time that Louisville has hosted the ACC Indoor Championships since joining the conference prior to the 2014-15 season.
The ACC currently boasts two teams among the top 10 of the USTFCCCA national women's ranking with NC State at No. 5 and Virginia Tech at No. 9. Duke holds the No. 22 spot, while Notre Dame is at No. 24.
Florida State continues to lead ACC men's teams among the top 20 of the USTFCCCA national poll. The Seminoles hold the No. 11 spot, followed by No. 13 Louisville.
The 2022-23 regular season was a record-breaking one for ACC Indoor Track and Field competitors, particularly NC State redshirt sophomore Katelyn Tuohy. After leading the Wolfpack women to their second consecutive NCAA Cross Country Championship in November, Tuohy enters this year’s ACC Indoor Championship holding two NCAA records and ranked No. 1 nationally in four running events.
Tuohy made her mark on Jan. 28 at the Dr. Sander Invitational in New York City, setting an NCAA record in the women's mile with a time of 4:24.26. Tuohy, who also ranks first nationally in the women's Indoor 5K and placed first at the NCAA Cross Country Championships last fall, was named the USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week on Jan. 31 and was added to The Bowerman Watch List the following day.
Tuohy wasted little time in making another statement on Feb. 11, returning to New York City to set another NCAA record with a 3000 meters time of 8:35.20 that bettered the previous record by more than six seconds. Tuohy, who was named USTFCCCA National Co-Athlete of the Week on Feb. 14, will enter next week's ACC Indoor Championships in Louisville holding NCAA records in the mile, 3000 meters and 1500 meters. She also owns the nation's current top time in the 5000 meters in addition to each of those three events.
Clemson sprinter Kiara Grant put her name in the ACC record book with her time of 7.11 in the women’s 60 meters on Jan. 20 at the Texas Tech Red Raider Open. Grant broke the previous ACC record of 7.15, which stood for nearly 23 years.
Another ACC record fell on the women’s side during the closing weekend of the regular season as Virginia Tech senior Rebecca Mammel delivered a weight throw of 23.96 meters (77-8.75).
Florida State sprinter Ismael Kone posted a world-leading time of 6.51 in the men’s 60-meter dash during the Seminoles' indoor season opener at Clemson on Jan. 13. Kone set a Florida State school record and tied the ACC mark set by Clemson's Jacoby Ford during the 2009 ACC Indoor Championships.
North Carolina set the ACC record in the men’s distance medley at the Alex Wilson Invitational hosted by Notre Dame last weekend, with Jesse Hunt, Jared Williams, Kyle Reinheimer and Ethan Strand combining to deliver a tie of 9:19.99.
Another student-athlete to watch on the men’s side is Florida State’s Jeremiah Davis, who earned four ACC Field Performer of the Week honors during the regular season. Davis extended his world-leading mark in the long jump to 8.28m (27-2) at New Mexico on Feb. 10. The mark ranks as the second-longest indoor long jump in FSU history.
The ACC holds national top-10 rankings in 22 men’s events. In addition to the number-one rankings by FSU’s Kone and Davis, Louisville’s Trey Allen leads in the high jump and the Cardinals’ Cameron Miller (200 meters) ranks second.
ACC women currently hold 21 top-10 rankings in national qualifying events. Tuohy’s three No. 1 placements lead the way, with Clemson’s Grant second in the 60 meters and Duke’s Amina Maatoug second in the mile.
ACC Network Extra (ACCNX) plans live coverage of each day of the ACC Championships, with Shawn Kenney on play-by-play, former Duke head coach Norm Ogilvie as analyst and Hailey Hunter as sideline reporter. On-air coverage begins Thursday at 4 p.m., Friday at 11 a.m., and Saturday at 11 a.m. Additionally, ACC Network (ACCN) will re-air the final day of the competition on Sunday, Feb. 26 at 8 a.m.
Finish Lines
• While competing for ACC team and individual titles, next weekend’s competitors also seek to enhance their rankings heading into the 2023 NCAA Indoor Championships, scheduled March 10-11 at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
• Florida State owns 13 men’s Indoor conference titles to lead all current ACC schools. Clemson is next with 12, and Virginia Tech follows with seven team championships. Current FSU coach Bob Braman has been at the helm for 11 of the Seminole men’s ACC titles, tied for second-most in league history. Virginia Tech coach Dave Cianelli’s seven ACC championships rank fourth.
• North Carolina’s 15 ACC women’s championships - all under the late legendary head coach Dennis Craddock - are the most among conference schools. Clemson is next with six. Miami’s Amy Deem ranks second behind Craddock in all-time ACC women’s head coaching team championships with five.
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2022-23 ACC TRACK & FIELD PERFORMERS OF THE WEEK
MEN’S TRACK
Indoor
Dec. 6 – Wanya McCoy, Clemson
Jan. 17 – Ismael Kone, Florida State
Jan. 24 – Cameron Murray, NC State
Jan. 31 – Giano Roberts, Clemson
Conor Murphy, Virginia
Feb. 7 – Ayman Zahafi, Miami
Feb. 14 – Cameron Miller, Louisville
Feb. 21 - North Carolina DMR
MEN’S FIELD
Indoor
Dec. 6 – Trey Allen, Louisville
Daniel Cope, Clemson
Jan. 17 – Jeremiah Davis, Florida State
Jan. 24 – Jeremiah Davis, Florida State
Jan. 31 – Jeremiah Davis, Florida State
Feb. 7 – Owayne Owens, Virginia
Feb. 14 – Jeremiah Davis, Florida State
Feb. 21 - Michael Shoaf, Notre Dame
WOMEN’S TRACK
Indoor
Dec. 6 – Katelyn Tuohy, NC State
Jan. 17 – Moriah Oliveira, Miami
Jan. 24 – Kiara Grant, Clemson
Jan. 31 – Katelyn Tuohy, NC State
Feb. 7 – Amina Maatoug, Duke
Feb. 14 – Katelyn Tuohy, NC State
Feb. 21 - NC State DMR
WOMEN’S FIELD
Indoor
Dec. 6 – Marie Forbes, Clemson
Jan. 17 – Julia Fixsen, Virginia Tech
Jan. 24 – Isabel Wakefield, Duke
Jan. 31 – Synclair Savage, Louisville
Feb. 7 – Kenna Stimmel, Virginia Tech
Feb. 14 – Synclair Savage, Louisville
Feb. 21 - Rebecca Mammel, Virginia Tech
ACC Winter Unity Week
As part of the ACC’s continued commitment to diversity, inclusion, social justice and racial equity, the 2022-23 Indoor Track and Field Championships are being held during the conference’s third annual Winter Unity Week, which is taking place Feb. 18-26.
ACC Unity Weeks are initiatives of the ACC’s Committee for Racial and Social Justice (CORE - Champions of Racial Equity) and have been developed in conjunction with the league’s 15 member institutions. The ACC celebrated three Unity Weeks in both 2020-21 and 2021-22 (Fall, Winter, Spring) and will do the same during the 2022-23 academic year.
As part of the initiative for the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships,
Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing will be played prior to the National Anthem at Saturday’s session, followed later by the reading of the ACC Unity Statement.